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This blog includes data from Forisk’s North American Mill Capacity Database, a database of over 2,350 wood-using mills in North America. For more information on the mill database or Forisk’s other products, please visit forisk.com or contact Nick DiLuzio at ndiluzio@forisk.com. Introduction There were more…
This post is an excerpt from the Q1 2026 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Introduction 2025 was a tough year for lumber manufacturers. Lumber prices dropped 8% and housing starts more…
Thank you for reading the Forisk blog and sharing our content with others! In 2025, the Forisk team published 41 blog posts covering everything from lumber capacity and timberland ownership to mill announcements and tariffs. Below are the most-read posts more…
This post is an excerpt from the Q4 2025 Forisk Wood Fiber Review (WFR), which provides a quarterly review of pulpwood, chips, biomass markets and trade in the U.S. and Canada. With prices down and overall lumber markets soft in more…
This post is an excerpt from the Q4 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forestry industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. To learn more about the Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), click here or email Nick DiLuzio more…
This post is the third in a series related to the Q4 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. To learn more or to subscribe to the FRQ, please contact Nick DiLuzio more…
This post includes ideas and content covered in the virtual Timber Market Analysis class, October 1st and 2nd, 2025. Lumber prices, OSB prices, construction spending, and housing starts are down. Manufacturing input costs, tariff rates, and policy frictions are up. more…
Co-authored by Pat Jolley This post is an excerpt from the Q3 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The U.S. pallet industry produces an estimated 600 million new more…
This blog includes data from Forisk’s North American Mill Capacity Database, a database of over 2,300 wood-using mills in North America. For more information on the mill database or Forisk’s other products, please visit forisk.com or contact Nick DiLuzio at ndiluzio@forisk.com. By Pat Jolley more…
By Gracie Knight, Forisk Intern In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), logs are typically scaled based on the Scribner Decimal C Log Rule that estimates the board feet of lumber recoverable from a log based on small end diameter and more…